Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:04 PM EST for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2007, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Talbotton, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 208. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 020004 TORFFC GAC263-020030- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0028.070302T0004Z-070302T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 704 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 730 PM EST * AT 703 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TALBOTTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLEASANT HILL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3282 8468 3262 8467 3273 8432 3287 8449 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 020012 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 711 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 GAC263-020030- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070302T0030Z/ TALBOT GA- 711 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY... AT 707 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TALBOTTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLEASANT HILL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE...AND STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN INDICATED ON RADAR. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3282 8468 3262 8467 3273 8432 3287 8449 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 7:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 17 min |
| Mar 1, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 7:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 8:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 9:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 9:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 10:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 10:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 10:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 2:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:55 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.